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BTS Leader Enters Holiday Weekend at 40 Games

Season leader jonroy73 A.K.A. Jonathan Roy summited Mt. 40 Games yesterday, digging deep into the player pool to select White Sox outfielder Juan Pierre. Any time you can risk the Streak of a lifetime on a guy hitting .256 for the season and .236 for the month, you just HAVE to do it, right? Uh, apparently.

Anyway, Mr. Roy — who in my head pronounces his last name like Patrick Roy — is now tied for the 23rd-longest streak in BTS history. A successful three-day weekend could vault him into into the top eight all-time. After the Pierre pick, Willy Taverasand Scott Podsednik eagerly await their chances to help in that effort.

Current runner-up Bclark2779 also continued his momentous run, reaching 36 games thanks to a 1-for-3 from popularity king Victor Martinez. Jon Roy may be the Streak darling of the moment, but the Clarkster is very quietly closing in on his own 40-gamer.

Enjoy the weekend and the Fourth. The Report’s semi-annual four-days-for-the-price-of-one sale is below.

65 Comments

In honor of the leader’s 40 gamer there were 40 comments on yesterday’s blog.
I must say that I would not be where I am now (18) if not for my decision on Wednesday. I planned to take Sandoval or Hamilton and took Sandoval. Sandoval got a hit, Hamilton went O fer. With that said today is another BIG day as I aim for 19.

As a Sox fan, Konerko is having a fantastic year and is keeping the team alive. However, watching him lately, he’s been in a bit of a “slump” since he lost his HR streak last week against the Cubs. Granted, he only went from hitting .331 to .321, but I wouldn’t be overly confident picking him at this point of the season, regardless of his huge June numbers.

At least with Pierre, he is 9 for his last 19 for a .473 BA and a .500 OBP during the 4 game stretch. After losing my 14-gamer yesterday, I’ve been inspired to pick him today and it pulled through. Only 56 more!

Highest “No Selection” :P pg# 13 with streak of 14 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 38.48% with MIGGY reseting the most.
There was also 7.72% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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Does anyone else think this person was crazy choosing Hafner tonight when Cleveland was playing in an NL park? I for one think they got lucky that Cleveland jumped out to a big lead and didn’t need to pinch hit with him. Could have easily lost 30 games with a simple pinch hit strikeout… Maybe there’s just something I don’t know?

Highest “No Selection” :P pg# 8 with streak of 16 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 28.24% with KONERKO reseting the most.
There was also 7.28% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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If so, it’d have to be the 9th or extras and losing. Teams don’t like to use their backup catchers, especially when on their day off. My gut says that co-leader is safe, but no longer in the lead as the other co-leader moved on.

If nobody wins this prize this year, instead of raising the amount of the grand prize again in 2012, I think MLB.com should consider a wider array of prizes (or, better yet, cash for milestones). $50 gift card for 35 games is a joke. Raise this to $1000 and I guarantee more participation and viral interest. Up the ante of 45 game streaks to $20,000. 5.6m for a grand prize is sufficient :)

Highest “No Selection” :P pg# 5 with streak of 18 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 12.26% with MIGGY reseting the most.
There was also 5.97% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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It’s dead! My run of 20 straight picks that hit safely (excluding pause days) has come to an end with A-Rod’s 0 for 5 performance. Amazingly this followed a 17 game run with 1 O fer in between.
It sounds like homer (Yankee) picks have been the big streakbreakers for my 4 longest streaks.
Last season I lost a streak of 17 on Nick Swisher, this season I lost a 15 on Derek Jeter, a 17 on Robinson Cano and now my all time high of 20 ends with A-Rod.
I enjoyed the run of 20/20 and 37/38 (pauses included) while it lasted!

Highest “No Selection” :P pg# 1 with streak of 21 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 45.16% with A-GON reseting the most.
There was also 24.96% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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The same thing is going to happen to him as well. He’s going to pick somebody not on the DL or in the minors and they day they pick them they won’t get a hit. I wonder how they are even capable of picking people on the DL or minors this far ahead since they are taken off the site as soon as they are placed on the DL or go to the minors.

It’s simple really. Monitor rotoworld & watch for information about players being sent back to minors or going on DL. For example, someone sent down for Jeter’s return (who? don’t care). Once you see that, you load up the next 9 days with that player. There’s a few of these notices per week; just need to keep up with them. And believe it or not, sometimes the picks of the day will give you a DL player; but that’s rare & a one-day pick only, usually.

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